Pickwick Monthly No. 18, Chs 50-52 Tokens of the Past

Pickwick Papers No. 18
Chapter 50: How Mr. Pickwick sped upon his Mission, and how he was reinforced in the Outset by a most unexpected Auxiliary
Chapter 51: In which Mr. Pickwick encounters an old Acquaintance-To which fortunate Circumstance the Reader is mainly indebted for Matter of thrilling Interest herein set down, concerning two great Public Men of Might and Power
Chapter 52: Involving a serious Change in the Weller Family, and the untimely Downfall of Mr. Stiggins
Edward G. Pettit with cohost Courtney Krolczyk
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In No. 18, Bob Sawyer and Ben Allen accompany Mr. Pickwick to inform Mr. Winkle Senior that his son Nathaniel has been married. We get a revival of the conflict between Eatanswill’s Buffs and Blues. And the Rev Stiggins, after asking for a “little token” of past remembrances, is finally treated to a drink by Tony Weller. We’ll also see a few items from the Rosenbach’s Dickens collections.
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The eighteenth number of The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club was published at the end of September 1837.
Phiz’ illustrations are at The Charles Dickens Illustrated Gallery here:
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Mr. Bob Sawyer's Mode of Travelling
The Rival Editors
Note on the chapter numbers
When the serial was first published, Chapter 28 (“A Good-Humoured Christmas Chapter . . .”) was followed by Chapter 28 (“The Story of the Goblins . . .”). The chapter was just divided into two, but both given the same number. The Table of Contents for the first edition just put a little asterisk next to the Goblins chapter number. The Penguin Classics (2003) lists the two chapters as Ch 28 and Ch 28(ii). However most editions adjust the chapter numbers and the Goblin chapter becomes Ch 29 and so on until the end. This means after Ch 28, the chapter numbers in the original serial are all one behind the chapter numbers in most editions. When in doubt, check the chapter titles.
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